Welcome to the CADTutor forums, probably the most lively and friendly AutoCAD forums on the web. You will need to register in order to post a question and to see all the content on this board. See How to register for details. Use the Lost password recovery form if you ever forget either your password or username. Be sure to check out the FAQ for more information.

Yes. Your computer is good enough, although more RAM and a Video Card upgrade would greatly help. It is not needed though.

First of all, I use CCleaner to keep my temporary files cleaned. Then I use Auslogics Disk Defrag to keep my hard drive defragmented. It has an automatic scheduler. I run these programs once a week for routine maintenance.

Also, get rid of your startup apps. This hinders a computer's performance probably above everything else. Click Here to see a quick tutorial. I disable everything but my Virus Protection, and a few others. This frees up all your memory to just the very basic needs for your OS to operate.

After that, you can read This Blog for some good tips on how to speed up the AutoCAD program itself. Hope this helps you in maintaining a very efficient computer in running good and fast.

Jacko93's Computer Details

Operating System:

Windows XP

Computer:

Dell Precision 690

Using

MEP 2008

Join Date

Feb 2009

Location

Warrington, England

Posts

98

I tend to create a CAD Autosaves folder on my computer, then path the Autosave files in Options to save in there. I find that regularly deleting these can keep my Autocad running smoother. I have known for some in my office to run slow, then delete Autosaves, afterwards it runs a little better. May not solve the problem entirely, but could certainly improve it a little.

Jacko93's Computer Details

Yes. Your computer is good enough, although more RAM and a Video Card upgrade would greatly help. It is not needed though.

First of all, I use CCleaner to keep my temporary files cleaned. Then I use Auslogics Disk Defrag to keep my hard drive defragmented. It has an automatic scheduler. I run these programs once a week for routine maintenance.

Also, get rid of your startup apps. This hinders a computer's performance probably above everything else. Click Here to see a quick tutorial. I disable everything but my Virus Protection, and a few others. This frees up all your memory to just the very basic needs for your OS to operate.

After that, you can read This Blog for some good tips on how to speed up the AutoCAD program itself. Hope this helps you in maintaining a very efficient computer in running good and fast.

I've just noticed, in that blog, he says it is his top ten. Then has 14 different ways.